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TIL : Movies use to account for cocaine in their budget.

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vPeo7 TIL that the closing song, "(I've Had) The Time of My Life", from the movie Dirty Dancing, has been listed as the "third most popular song played at funerals" in the UK
M7KZK TIL the first time aircraft carriers were used was in WWI. First deployed Mid-January 1915 the HMS Ark Royal served in the Gallipoli campaign and throughout WWI. She carried 8 seaplanes that would conduct reconnaissance missions.
R7L61 TIL that a janitor at Boston University for 15 years had all his 5 kids go the University, tuition free. Thanks the schools policy that if you work there your kids can go there for free.
5YX8R TIL that production of “No Country for Old Men” in Marfa, Texas was shut down for a day because of smoke drifting over from the nearby set of “There Will Be Blood”
95o7 TIL A&W once tried to lure fans of McDonald’s quarterpounder burger with its new 1/3 pound burger… only to find it was a flop because most people thought 1/3 pound was smaller than ¼